PrashantNews
The Uttarakhand Power Corporation Ltd (UPCL) has made rapid progress in the power distribution system in the last few years, a top company official said on Wednesday.
Since the demand for electricity has increased by more than 10 percent in the last few years, the UPCL has taken important steps to establish a strong power distribution system and improve operational and business efficiency.
To compensate for the ever-increasing demand, UPCL has further strengthened the distribution sector in which new substations have been constructed and new lines have been installed across the state. Along with this, in the year 2023-24, about 4350 distribution transformers have been installed to maintain power balance on all the feeders across the state.
The schemes of the central government such as AMISP and Loss Reduction of RDSS Scheme are currently operational and the main objective of these schemes is to reduce power losses and ensure high quality power supply to consumers. The UPCL has also improved its billing and collection efficiency and in the last 5 years and brought about a record reduction of about 5.8 per cent in AT&C losses (from 20.44 per cent in 2019-20 to 14.64 per cent in 2023-24), which is commendable, the company Managing Director Anil Yadav said.
Yadav said reducing the AT&C losses is important for improving the financial condition of the Discom and due to reduction in losses, there is increase in revenue, technical advancement, balance in demand-supply as well as savings are achieved due to reduction in losses, due to which electricity can be made available to consumers at cheaper rates.
In future also, installation of smart metering system by UPCL, use of technologies like SCADA and RT-DAS system etc. will also play an important role in reducing power losses.